Improved eaves - trough bracket



UNrTED STATES WILLIAM YAPP, or CLEVELAND, onto. IMPRovED `i-:Avras -TRoUGi-l BRACKETJ spnninnntinn forming pnrt nf Lnttnrnratent No. 49,466, anfeuangnnt i5, 1855. 1, 1 A

To all whom *it may concern: h

Be it known that I, WM. YAPJB,`of Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and use-` ful Improvements in Faves-Trough Brackets;

and I do hereby declare that the following is` afull and complete description of the same, reference being had to the the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in Whichi Figure 1 is a view of the` bracket and screwpin, with the trough in place. Fig. 2 is a top view of the same. y

Like letters ot' reference denote likeparts in the views.` j n i My improvement relates to the manner of securing an eavestrough bracket to the cornice or building, and of connecting the trough to the bracket, as hereinafter described. l A represents the bracket, cast or formed in one piece, `at one end of which is a socket, AC.

B is a screw-pin that extends throughthe socket, as indicated by the dotted lines a, and the socket is fastened on the screw-pin in the desired position by a set-screw,`d, or a key or its equivalent driven in at the end of the socket. Extending round on the under side of the socket is a projecting lip, b, as represented. To the other side or outer end of the bracket is attached a strip or fastener, F, made ot copper or other tlexible metal. The bracket from the socket A is curved round, as shown in Fig. l, and is the Width across indicated by the dotted lines a in Fig. 2.

The trough H, curved into the desired form, as represented, is turned or curled round at the outside edge, as at H', rendering it strong, and round which the strip F, when the trough is put in place in the bracket, is bent, as indicated by the dotted lines g in Fig. l. The trough, when made in the proper form, is pilt in the bracket, the inside edge iittin g up under the lip b of the socket, and the other part rests down on the bracket, the outside edge being on a shoulder, e, of the strip F, when the strip or fastenerF is bent round close up to the curve H' of the trough and down on the inside, holding it most securely. The trough can be adjusted thus in as many brackets as may be required to support it.

PATENT FFICE y if In connecting the brackets, with the trough, to the building the` screw-pins B :are first inserted in the cornice or `wood D` the desired` distance to hold the trough iirminplace,when ,l

the trough, connected tothe brackets as be-` fore described, is elevated, andthesockets` adjusted-on the pins and secured to them by a set-screw or key, as before stated, fastening` y y the brackets tlrmlyto the pins. In attaching s the troughto the building in this way by screw-j y y pins, it can be adjusted 1in or out from the 1 building, according tothe distance that the eaves project, by means 0f screwing the pins a j, greater or less distance into thewood, and by@ securing thesockets on` the pins {neareror far-p ther from the building in either or` both these ways, as may be desired. y i

This bracketis an `improvementou my forl nier patent, in which there were cross-stays on the inside of the trough to "hold lit inthe desired form, and to themanner of connecting` it to the building. The cross-stayswouldnot t allow the trough to expand or contract laterally, as it is liable to do by the action otheat, frost, snow, 8vo., without breaking the joints@` s When the outside ofthe trough would drop down more or less;` and,as the side of the t trough was attached rigidly to the building, the trough could not expand or contract longitudinally without bending or breaking the 1 c cross-stays orconnectionsforholdingthe trough to the building. With this bracket these difculties are entirely removed, the trough being supported Vby the bracket, and thea strip F need not be so closely bent down over the outer edge, and likewise the distance between the lip b and back part of the bracket will be l suiiicientto allow anylateral expansion or contraction of the trough; and asthe trough is in no way rigidly attach ed lengthwise either to the bracket or building, it can expand or contract longitudinally as much as it will without any injury whatever. Besides, the trough is clear on the inside for `theivvater to run freely, there being no cross-stays or obstructions for leaves, snow, 85o., to lodge against, that would have to be removed from time to time, for snow and rubbish thus collecting and freezing are liable to break the joints, and the water, too, will iiow over on the outside if the obstruction is not removed; butothis is accompanied with 'so` receive the lpi'n B, lip b, and mefallie fastso muchtrouble, being difcultto gauaccess ener F, substantially as and forI the-purpose to it and to get it out' if frozen in, as is well set forth. A known. WM. YAPP.

What I claim as my improvement, and de- Witnesses: sire to secure by Letters Patent, is- W. H. BURRIDGE,

The bracket A, arranged With a socket, AQ A.W. MCCLELLAND. 

